GIS & FIELD GEOGRAPHY
LA County Dept. Parks & Rec - Trails App & Website
Photographer, Videographer, Geographer
Los Angeles, CA 2019
Completed a three-month freelance field assignment capturing photo/video content, and geodata of multi-use trails and other outdoor recreation assets, for Los Angeles County Parks and Rec’s new trails mobile GPS app, and web map. Over this project, I hiked 45-trails for a total of 120-miles, and made 40-miles of river trail ride-alongs across LA County. Many of these trails are co managed with CA State Parks, US Forest Service, National Park, and BLM agencies, whom I worked directly with representatives from each throughout the project. Besides the physical field work, I provided photo and video edits, creative direction, production and content management, and performed two photo/video model shoots for promotional digital and print media. I also developed a GIS methodology to more efficiently and effectively project manage the acquisition of photo/video content, and geodata in the field for myself, and another photographer.
Magellan TRX Offroad GPS Navigator Trails Geodatabase
Associate Product Manager,
GIS Analyst, Marketing
Los Angeles, CA, 2015.
Product management and marketing. Software and hardware research and development for both hardware and software. UI/UX development. Field tested for hundreds of hours/miles 4x4 driving. Including, Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, 2015. Invented and developed national trail geo database from Federal USFS and BLM geo data. Global manufacturing and distribution management.
Outdoor Destination Publication
Field Geographer, Photographer, Writer
Eastern Sierra Nevada & Los Angeles, CA 2014-2015
Previously worked as a contributing content writer, photographer, and geographer for outdoor adventure review website Outdoor Project. I spent two weeks exploring the Eastern Sierra Nevada in California, where I recorded data for 21 different outdoor adventures from hiking, camping, rock climbing, hot springs and more. This required writing, photography, GPS surveying, and mapping for each adventure.
"Brochures to Hashtags: Ice Climbing with San Juan Mountain Guides"
Wrote a story about my first day of ice climbing under the instruction of San Juan Mountain Guides, in Ouray, Colorado. This story was a joint marketing publication I created between SJMG and Outdoor Project.
Outdoor Destination Publications
Field Geographer, Photographer, Writer
Los Angeles, San Diego, Austin 2013-2014
Previously worked as a contributing content writer, photographer, and geographer for outdoor destination review website Roots Rated. Provided 300+ outdoor destination reviews for the initial content launch of Los Angeles and San Diego, California and Austin, Texas. These reviews required writing, photography, and mapping and covered outdoors destinations for hiking, rock climbing, surfing, food and drink, gear shops and more.